1. October 18, 2010 U2-L3 DRILL 1.Using your “Employment by Sectors” graph, in approximately what year did industrial employment reach its peak? 2.Based on the graph, what has been the general trend in employment in the agricultural sector? 3.What are two ways that using a rubric can improve your performance in class? 1. 19502. Down

2. In the guidelines beneath your graph and using your graph, complete the following in no fewer than 2 paragraphs: –Explain in detail how the way people live and work has changed throughout history because of technology. Refer to the graph and give examples. Classwork U2-L2

3. The History of Technology Knowledge of the history of technology helps people understand the world around them by seeing how people of all times and places have increased their capability by using their unique skills to innovate, improvise, and invent. U2-L3

4. People of all times and places have increased their capability by? –Innovating – to do something in a new way; to make changes (refer to handout). –Improvising – to make or fabricate out of what is conveniently at hand –Inventing – to devise, for the first time, by thinking What role does technology play in the way people live, work, and produce things? HISTORY and TECHNOLOGY U2-L3

5. Use of fire Unpolished stone tools Sculpture Musical instruments Burial of the dead Cave dwellings Cave paintings Stone axes Bone needles Hearth sites Temporary site of ancient hunters. Stone implements used as tools. HOW DID IT CHANGE LIVES? U2-L3 PALEOLITHIC AGE

6. Mesolithic Age 10,000 BCE-4000 BCE Characterized by the rise to dominance of microlithics (very small geometric form tools commonly used in composite tools) Artifacts: leatherwork, basketry, fishing tackle, stone axes and wooden objects, canoes and bows, domesticating animals, stone circles, henges Impact on history: The gradual domestication of plants and animals led to the beginnings of settled communities. Housing U2-L2

7. Microliths Sails Wheel and axle Leatherwork Basketry Fishing tackle Stone axes Canoes Bows Domesticated animals Stone circles Sickles Use of natural materials to create baskets HOW DID IT CHANGE LIVES? U2-L3 MESOLITHIC AGE

8. Neolithic Age 4000 BCE-2300 BCE Characterized by the development of agriculture and an increasing emphasis on year-round settlements. Artifacts: pottery, polished stone tools, spinning and weaving tools, wooden plows, sickles. Impact on history: dependable year- round food supply enables division of labor and specialization that spurs invention and innovation. Pottery U2-L2

9. HOW DID IT CHANGE LIVES? U2-L3 NEOLITHIC AGE 1.Stone and mud brick dwellings 2.Pottery 3.Polished stone tools 4.Spinning and weaving tools 5.Wooden and stone plows Painted pottery basin

10. Bronze Age 2300 BCE-700 BCE Characterized by the earliest civilizations and the development of metallurgy, mainly the combining of copper and tin to make bronze Artifacts: bronze jewelry, tools, weapons Impact on history: stone tools were gradually replaced by metal ones that enabled humans to alter their environment at a great rate. U2-L2 Weapons

11. HOW DID IT CHANGE LIVES? U2-L3 BRONZE AGE Metal pots and pans Pottery wheel Chariot Pulley Metal jewelry Metal tools Metal weapons Bronze Age palstave axe and spear.

12. Iron Age 700 BCE-450 CE Characterized by iron used as the main metal Artifacts: iron chisels, ornamental jewelry, swords, axes, spearheads Impact on history: military dominance for uses of iron weapons and the use of iron bladed plows enabled humans to increase food production. U2-L2 Jewelry

13. HOW DID IT CHANGE LIVES? U2-L3 IRON AGE Block and tackle Pump Lathe Iron dagger Iron chisel Iron axe Iron spearhead An illustration of a typical Iron Age farmhouse

14. Middle Ages 450-1400 CE Period of time between the fall of Rome and the Renaissance Artifacts: wheeled plow, horseshoes, waterwheels, windmill, cast iron, cannons, compass, ocean going ships Impact on history: rise of money and capitalism, rise and fall of feudalism, beginning of urbanization and industrialization. U2-L2 Windmills

15. HOW DID IT CHANGE LIVES? U2-L3 MIDDLE AGES Waterwheel Windmill Cannon Mechanical clock Wheeled plow Horseshoes Stirrups Crank Compass Ocean-going ships Waterwheel used to power machines

16. Renaissance/Enlightenment 1400-1750 CE Characterized by the Humanistic revival of classical influence Artifacts: telescope, microscope, thermometer, clocks, barometer Impact on history: Instrumentation allowed scientists to observe and test natural phenomena. U2-L2 Galileo’s Telescope

17. HOW DID IT CHANGE LIVES? U2-L3 RENAISSANCE Telescope Microscope Thermometer Barometer Printing press Rifle This is the telescope that Galileo created in 1601

18. Industrial Age 1750-1950 CE Characterized by the first use of complex machinery, factories and social changes from agricultural societies. Artifacts: steam engine, electricity, automobile, airplane, radio, television, telephone, rocket Impact on history: gave rise to urban centers requiring municipal services, population expansion and improvement in living standards. U2-L2 Steam Engine

19. HOW DID IT CHANGE LIVES? U2-L3 INDUSTRIAL AGE Steam engine Electricity Automobile Airplane Radio Television Telephone Rocket Rockets sending satellites to orbit Earth.

20. Information Age 1950 CE-Present U2-L2 Artificial Heart Characterized by the gathering, manipulation, classification, storage and retrieval of information. Artifacts: transistor, IC, computer, satellite, digital photography, artificial heart, nuclear power plant, space shuttle. Impact on history: decentralization of decision making and empowering more people

21. HOW DID IT CHANGE LIVES? U2-L3 INFORMATION AGE Transistor Integrated circuit Computer Communication satellites Digital photography Artificial heart Nuclear power plants Space shuttle Artificial Heart

22. U2-L3 HOMEWORK Interview an older family member about the most significant technological advancement in their lives. Why do they say this is the most important technological advancement? What would life be like without it?